Photograph of a Southern Miss basketball player (No. 23) holding up a banner at the National Invitation Tournament. The banner is gold with black letters and reads: "Southern Mississippi 1987 NIT champions." The crowd of fans is seen in the...
Photograph of Casey Fisher, captain of the Golden Eagles basketball team. During the 1987 NIT championship, Fisher set a school record for career assists and entered the 1000 point club. Also featured in Chester W. Morgan's book, Dearly bought,...
Photograph of the March 31, 1987, article in Student printz about the National Invitation Tournament basketball victory over La Salle University. The headline reads, "Eagle fever riding high."
A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
Photograph of an article about Southern Miss plans to host the Metro Conference Basketball Tournament on the Mississippi Gulf Coast during March 1995. Featured in the USM Alumni News, vol. 46, no. 3 (Winter 1994) on page 13.
A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
Photograph of Nick Revon (with the ball) during a basketball game against an unidentified team (jersey with ARPOMS). [Revon was the most prolific scorer in the school's history. His 2,024 points led the basketball team to many victories, including...
Photograph of the 1987 NIT basketball champions when they were honored at the last home football game later that year. Casey Fisher, team captain, spoke for the team. Featured in the 1988 Southerner yearbook on page 5.
Photograph of Shannon Reed and Marty Baggett hanging a banner in front of College Hall after the Golden Eagles basketball team won the National Invitation Tournament in 1987. Featured in the 1987 Southerner yearbook on page 345.
Photograph of the front of a commemorative T-shirt signed by basketball players. Printed on the front of the white shirt is a large red apple overprinted with a golden "1" with "USM" in black. The words "Golden" and "Eagles" in color gold are above...
Photograph of a poster of the final score of the semifinal game against the University of Nebraska at the 1987 National Invitation Tournament. The poster reads, "USM 82, Nebraska 75, 'Nuf Said!!"
Oral history.; Dr. Antone Walter Tannehill, Jr., was born May 22, 1929, in New Orleans, Louisiana, but grew up in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He attended Vanderbilt University and Duke University Medical School. He served an internship at the...
Oral history.; Born on March 28, 1914, Dr. Eleanor Byrd Walters was born in Gunnison, Mississippi. In 1934, she received her B.S. in education from Delta State Teachers College and went on to earn several advanced degrees. From 1934 through 1943...
Oral history.; Dr. Forest Kent Wyatt was born on May 27, 1934, in Berea, Kentucky. He graduated from Delta State College (now Delta State University) with a double degree in mathematics and health, physical education, and recreation. He then began...
Oral history.; Dr. S. Jay McDuffie was born in Nettleton, Mississippi, and grew up in Tupelo. He earned a B.S. degree at Mississippi State University, entered the U.S. Public Health Service during World War II and later earned his medical...
Oral history.; Three interviews conducted on August 8 and 10, 1976 and October 19, 1976 with Jesse Boyce Holleman (born 1924). He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1947 until 1953. At that time, he became district attorney for...
